Bookbinding.



No. 886,726. PATENTED MAY 5, 190 8.

W. H. RADEMAEKERS.

BOOKBINDING. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1907.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS WILLIAM H. RADEMAEKERS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOOKBINDING.

Application filed. September 26, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. RADE- MAEKERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBookbinding; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements inbook-binding; and, this invention has reference, more particularly, to anovel means of binding and securing together the several signatures orsections of a book, prior to the final binding operation.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a book, the singlesheets of which are secured together in a much stronger manner than hasbeen done heretofore by the ordinary method of stitching employed inbook-sewing.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a strong,simple, and secure book-stitching or binding, whereby the single leavesor pages of the book are secured together in such a manner that the bookmay be opened flat from the center at any point or page between thecovers of the book.

The present invention consists in such novel arrangements andcombinations of arts as will be more fully described in the followingspecification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claimswhich are appended to and which form an essential part of thisspecification.

The invention, which is designed to be used on new books, as well as onold books, which are subject to considerable hard usage, as incirculating libraries, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a back edge view 'of the leaves of a book stitched togetherby the novel stitching embodying the principles of the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a large detail of one end of the same, greatlyexaggerated and shown in a diagrammatic manner, to more clearlyillustrate the self-binding or tightening features of the novelstitching. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical cross section of the same, shownin the same manner, and taken on line 33 in said Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Serial No. 394,642.

the arrow as; and Fig. 4 is a detail vertical 7 section, taken on line4-4 in said Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacter A indicates the body of a book made up of any number of smallquantities of leaves, forming several signatures or sections 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, etc.

The book is made up as follows: The single sheets having been arrangedin their proper order are glued together at their backs in the ordinaryand well known manner, and having been thus glued together, theyare'then broken apart into signatures or sections and then punched withstitch-receiving holes 11 near and in line with their back edges. Whenthis has been done the first signature or section 1 is provided on thefirst or bottom leaf with a tape 12 glued along its edge to prevent thestitches from breaking or tearing through the tender paper. The firstsignature or section 1 is then set up in the sewing-bench, so that theback edges abut against the binding-tape or cords 13 held therein. Theneedle containing a thread, cord, or fine wire, is then inserted in thefirst stitch-receiving hole in said section 1 and in practice a lock ortie-stitch 14, as shown in Fig. 1, is made. In Fig. 2, how ever, asingle knot is shown so as not to confuse the following of the line ofthread.

After the tie-stitch 14 is made, the thread is brought down and aroundthe back edges of the section 1 to the neXthole, and the needle isinserted in the bottom thereof. The thread is then carried through thehole to the top, thus forming a stitch 15, and so on until the oppositeend of section 1 is reached, where another tie-stitch 14 is made.Section 2 is now placed above section 1, and the thread is carried upthrough the first hole and then down across the back of both sections 1and 2, and then up through the-holes in said sections 1 and 2, to thetop of section 2, forming stitch 16 and, so on,.until the opposite endis reached. The section 3 is then placed on top of section 2 and thethread is carried up through the hole in said section 3 to the top ofsaid section 3, where it is brought down across the back of the sections8 and 2. The needle is then slipped under the stitch 16 which binds orsecures together the two sections 1 and 2, and then up through thestitch-receiving holes in the sections 2 and 3 to the top of the section3, thus forming a stitch 17. The thread is then drawn tight and in sodoing it will be readily seen that it automatically takes up any slackor looseness in stitch 16, thereby providing a self-tightening orbinding stitch. The stitch 17 is carried in this manner across the backof the sections 2 and 3, until the opposite end is reached, whereuponthe section 4 is added on top of section 3, and said section 4: issecured to the section 3 by means of the stitch 18, which is caughtaround stitch 17 in the manner above described, in order to tighten andbind said stitch 18 in the same manner as the said stitch 17 tightenedand bound the stitch 16. In the same manner, where the section 5 isadded, the above-mentioned section 4 is secured thereto by means of thestitch 19, and said stitch 19 is in'turn made to tighten and bind thestitch 18. In this manner, section by section may be sewed until thebook is completed.

It will be noticed from an inspection of the drawings, that in stitchingthe sections together, Whenever a binding tape 13 is reached, thestitches are carried around or across the same, whereby the binding-tapeis held in its proper position, and finally securely fastened when thefinishing glue is applied to the back of the sections in the ordinarymanner.

From the above description and an inspection of the drawings, it will beclearly evident that the manner of stitching, which embodies theprinciples of this invention, provides a very simple, strong anddesirable binding; and, one in which great flexibility is provided, sothat the book will withstand a great amount of rough handling withoutloosening the leaves or injuring the binding.

Instead of stitching two sections together, and then a third to thesecond, and a fourth to the third, etc., I can secure three or moresections together in the same manner, and then keep adding one or moresections to those already secured together without departing from thescope or principle of my present invention.

I claim:

1. In the art of binding books, a number of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed Vertically through each section, said stitchesextending upon the backs of said sections, the stitches of the onesection being interlaced and angularly arranged with rela tion to thestitches of another section, substantially as set forth.

2. In the art of binding books, a number of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed vertically through each section, said stitchesextending upon the backs of said sections, the stitches of the onesection being interlaced and angularly arranged with relation to thestitches of another section, and

the interlocked stitches being tightened upon the backs of saidsections, substantially as set forth.

3. In the art of binding books, a number of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed vertically through eachsection, said stitchesextending upon the backs of said sections, the stitches of the onesection being interlaced and angularly arranged with relation to thestitches of another section, and the stitches near the ends of eachsection being formed into lock or tie-stitches, substantially as setforth.

4. In the art of binding books, a number of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed vertically through each section, said stitchesextending upon the backs of said sections, the stitches of the onesection being interlaced and angularly arranged with relation to thestitches of another section, and the interlocked stitches beingtightened upon the backs of said sections, and the stitches near theends of each section being formed into lock or tie-stitches,substantially as set forth.

5. In the art of binding books, a pair of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed throu h said sections and extending upon thebac s of said sections, and another section or signature arranged uponone of said pair of sections, stitches extending through said last-twomentioned sections or signatures, and the stitches of the sections beingangularly interlaced upon the backs of the sections, substantially asset forth.

6. In the art of binding books, a pair of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed through said sections and extending upon thebacks of said sections, and another section or signature arranged uponone of said pair of sections, stitches extending through said last-twomentioned sections or signatures, the stitches of the sections beingangularly interlaced upon the backs of the sections, and all of saidinterlaced stitches being tightened upon the backs of the varioussections, substantially as set forth.

7. In the art of binding books, a pair of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed through said sections and extending upon thebacks of said sections, and another section or signature arranged uponone of said pair of sections, stitches extending through said last-twomentioned sections or signatures, the stitches of the sections beingangularly interlaced upon the backs of the sections, and the stitchesnear the ends of each section being formed into lock or tiestitches,substantially as set forth.

8. In the art of binding books, a pair of sections or signatures, aseries of stitches sewed through said sections and extending upon thebacks of said sections, and another section or signature arranged uponone of said pair of sections, stitches extending 3, and so on, eachsection being secured to the next adjacent section by means of a stitchinterlacing with and tightening the stitch which secures together thetwo preceding sections, whereby the complete body of the book is formed.

10. A book comprising a series of sections punched with stitch-receivingholes, two of said sections being stitched together through saidstitch-receiving holes, a third section being stitched to one of thefirst two sections,

a fourth section being stitched to one of said three sections and so on,the said stitches interlacing upon the backs of the said sections so asto secure them all together, substantially as set forth.

11. A book comprising a number of sec tions or signatures, said sectionsbeing arranged in series one upon the other and connected by interlacingstitches extending upon the backs of said sections, said stitches beingformed by a continuous thread first sewed through the leaves of onesignature, and then sewed through the leaves of the next adjacentsignature and then through the leaves of both signatures, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

12. A book comprising a multiplicity of sections or signatures, saidsections being arranged in series one upon the other and connected byinterlacing stitches extending upon the backs of said sections, saidstitches being formed by a continuous thread first sewed through theleaves of one signature, then sewed through the leaves of the nextadjacent signature and then through the leaves of the first-mentionedsignature and then continuously through the next two signatures directlyabove said first-mentioned signature, and then sewed through the leavesof said two signatures directly above the firstmentioned signature,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. A book comprising a multiplicity of sections or signatures, saidsections being arranged in series one upon the other and connected byinterlacin stitches extending upon the backs of said section, saidstitches being formed by a continuous thread first sewed through theleaves of one signature,

then sewed through the leaves of the next 4 adjacent signature andthrough the leaves of the first-mentioned signature, then through theleaves of said first-mentioned signature and continuously through thenext two signatures directly above said first-mentioned signature, thensewed through the leaves of said two signatures directly above thefirstmentioned signature, and finally sewed through said two signaturesand the leaves of the next upper signature above said two signatures,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

14. A book comprising a multiplicity of sections or signatures, saidsections being arranged in series one upon the other and connected byinterlacing stitches extending upon the backs of said sections, saidstitches being formed by a continuous thread first sewed through theleaves of one signature, then sewed through the leaves of the nextadjacent signature and through the leaves of the firstmentionedsignature, then through the leaves of said first-mentioned signature andcontinuously through the next two signatures directly above saidfirst-mentioned signature, then sewed through the leaves of said twosignatures directly above the first-mentioned signature, then sewedthrough said two signatures and the leaves of the next upper signatureabove said two signatures, and finally sewed through the leaves of saidnext upper signature and the uppermost of said two signatures,substantially as and for the purposes set-forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 23rd day of September 1907.

WILLIAM H. RADEMAEKERS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, F. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

